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Trump Tweets Fed, Powell ‘Fail Again’ After 25-Point Rate Cut

Trump assailed policy makers just minutes after their decision to cut the benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis points.

Trump Tweets Fed, Powell ‘Fail Again’ After 25-Point Rate Cut
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mariano Rivera, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Blomberg)

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The Federal Reserve, as expected, cut interest rates for the second time since July -- and, as expected, it wasn’t enough for President Donald Trump.

Trump assailed policy makers just minutes after their decision Wednesday to cut the benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis points.

“Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve Fail Again," he said in a tweet. “No ‘guts,’ no sense, no vision! A terrible communicator!”

Fed Chairman Powell is set to explain his decision further at a press conference.

The president has repeatedly attacked the Fed since mid-2018, demanding lower rates to help boost economic growth. At one point he asked whether Fed Chair Jerome Powell or China’s president, Xi Jinping, was “our bigger enemy.”

Read more: Key Trump Quotes on Powell as Fed Remains in the Firing Line

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Condon in Washington at ccondon4@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alister Bull at abull7@bloomberg.net, Margaret Collins

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